The Business Journalist of the Year Awards were recognized as important global awards for business writers and broadcasters. They were open to

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...

s of all nationalities, and covered the entire spectrum of business and financial reporting. The Business Journalist of the Year Awards (first presented in 1999) were created by The Leadership Forum, previously the World Leadership Forum, Ltd., (both of which have ceased operation) because

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had become a global commodity paying little heed to national borders. In a world where goods, services, money and knowledge move ever more freely from one domain to another, the source of business information is no longer relevant - only its quality matters. That's the spirit these awards were created in, and the spirit in which they have grown. The Business Journalist of the Year Awards had been judged exclusively by journalists and governed by the World's leading business editors. In 2007, the Editors' Committee was composed of Martin Dickson, Deputy Editor of the ''

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'';

Robert Peston Robert James Kenneth Peston (born 25 April 1960) is an English journalist, presenter, and author. He is the political editor of ITV News and host of the weekly political discussion show ''Peston'' (previously ''Peston on Sunday''). From 2006 u ...

, business editor at

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;

Hugo Dixon Hugo Duncan Dixon (born December 1963) is a British business journalist and the former editor-in-chief and chairman of the financial commentary website Breakingviews which he co-founded. He was the editor of the ''Financial Times'' Lex column f ...

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and chairman of

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; Jesse Lewis,

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of ''

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''; and Rik Kirkland, former managing editor of '' Fortune''.

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